S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha is a new mod for GSC Game World’s title currently in development courtesy of modding group Dezowave. The group hopes to restore the spirit of GSC’s early alpha concepts for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. which followed a more open, survival horror-based route.

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. license was said to have changed hands earlier this week, as German publisher bitComposer issued a press release to state that it had acquired the rights from author Boris Natanovich Strygatsky, who passed away in November. Shadow of Chernobyl developer GSC Game World has stepped in to dispute bitComposer’s claim. FIGHT!!

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 development collapsed unexpectedly in 2011 and it led to the formation of Vostok Games, developers of incoming MMOFPS Survarium. Team member Oleg Yavorsky has discussed with VG247 the nature of the game’s cancellation and the demise of developer GSC Game World, calling it a ‘forced move’. He also revealed that the team tried […]

Veterans from GSC Game World have formed a new studio called Vostok Games, and the first title from the firm, Survarium, is a free-to-play MMOFPS homage to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The firm’s official website noted since S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 development has been “frozen” since December, and since the firm being “unable to secure the IP rights to continue with the Stalker franchise,” it […]

GOG has announced the addition of GSC Game World titles to its digital library, starting with an entry from the studio’s tactical RTS series Cossacks. The anthology bundles together Cossacks: European Wars with the expansion packs Cossacks: Art of War and Cossacks: Back to War. The Cossacks Analogy lands today for $5.99 and comes complete […]

GSC’s confirmed that development is continuing on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 after the Christmas break, calming fan nerves the sequel was canned. However, a spokesperson for the firm has admitted that in order for development to proceed, funding is needed.

GSC Games World has tweeted that a statement regarding the current situation at the firm will be released on Monday, December 12, after internet reports steaming from a Ukrainian news site called UkraNews reported that GSC had been closed down by owner Sergei Grigorovich, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 development cancelled.